Translation by Dr. Sant Singh Khalsa
Make Truth, contentment, and love your provisions for the road — supplies of the Name.
Banish corruption from your mind, and the True One gives you Truth.
Pack the right snacks for life's journey: truth, contentment and love.
Tosaa means the food you pack for a trip. Everyone is on the road of life. The shabad packs three things: sat, santokh, bhaa-o — truth, contentment and love. These never go bad. They even grow as you use them.
The second line gives the trade that this raag keeps teaching: manhu chhod vikaar — let go of the vikaar, the bad habits of the mind. Then sachaa sach day-ay — the True One gives you Truth.
Notice the word "gives." Truth is not something we build ourselves. Think of clearing space on a table so a friend can set down a present. Our part is to make room. The filling is the One's part, and it comes as soon as there is room.
If you could pack only three inner supplies for your whole life's journey, what would they honestly be?
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